EDIT: This webcast has now taken place, but is available on catch-up at the link below. SPOILER: it was excellent!
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Improve digital monographs – report
27 May 2020
Readers demand 'digital options with stellar content' along with enhanced usability
Springer Nature enticed by DORA aura
20 May 2020
Springer Nature has formally signed up to the principles outlined in the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, commonly known as DORA
CISPC 2020 – call for speakers
14 May 2020
Our 2020 conference will build on the success of last year’s event by providing librarians and information professionals with deeper knowledge and understanding of communication strategies for open research
Research Square partners with Dimensions on preprint citation data
11 May 2020
Digital Science and Research Square have announced a partnership that will see Dimensions badges display on all Research Square preprints
Jisc and Lyrasis team up on US repository data
05 May 2020
Jisc, a not-for-profit supplier of technology for research and education in the UK, and Lyrasis, a global non-profit membership association, are joining forces to introduce Institutional Repository Usage Statistics in the United States
Frontiers and Clarivate partner on peer review service
29 April 2020
Frontiers is partnering Clarivate on a new Reviewer Recognition Service, in an effort to to give peer reviewers greater recognition for their work
ConTech launches webcasts and online forum
28 April 2020
ConTech has launched a series of webcasts, alongside its decision to hold its Forum event online in June
Publishers team up to make peer review more efficient
27 April 2020
Scholarly publishers are working together to maximise the efficiency of peer review, ensuring that key work related to Covid-19 is reviewed and published as quickly and openly as possible
Initiative to open up Covid-19 research further
24 April 2020
Several leading publishers, along with Digital Science's ReadCube, are part of an initiative to facilitate access to literature relevant to Covid-19 research
Journal Citation Reports to feature open access data
23 April 2020
Clarivate Analytics has announced the addition of open access data to Journal Citation Reports profile pages to increase transparency around open access models in scholarly publishing
Elsevier and ExactCure review 20 drugs for Covid-19 therapies
17 April 2020
Elsevier and ExactCure have announced a collaboration aimed at developing personalised model simulations to improve the dosing of Covid-19 related therapies
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The pandemic has pushed the use of technology to the fore and it is likely to remain there, writes Tim Gillett
Lou Peck and Phil Hurst
Lou Peck and Phil Hurst cast an eye over proceedings during Peer Review Week
Academic publishers are railing against inaccurate stories and asking the scientific community to do more, writes Matt McKay
We've recently seen some positive and impactful changes to the way in which the OA landscape can work, writes Steven Inchcoombe
Rebecca Pool asks: has Covid-19 pushed the move towards open data to the point of no return?
